Moses Basket-is this a good deal?

we think we want to put our little Oscar in a moses basket to begin with so he can sleep in the same room as us. Ive been looking online and they vary in price so much. Firstly, are the 'cheaper' ones as good quality and as safe as the more expensive ones?

If you are definitely going to use a moses basket (not really worth it as they only last in there about 6 weeks usually) them you will definately need both fitted and flat sheets. You can use the flat sheets either under the baby (so that you only have to change that part when they are sick or have nappy spillages!) or as thin blankets to layer. I'd say that this is pretty over priced though to be honest x

gatecrashing, but id recommend going into mothercare and choosing one and get sheets etc in there, as it will be much cheaper than the one that youve posted a link for. also i dont really think the price matters in relation to safety xx

The ??29 moses basket from John Lewis has won numerous awards so def worth considering. I used a moses basket for dd and she was in it for a good 5 months, not a 'small' baby but normal size and it was a regular basket from babies'r'us. xx

I also have the John Lewis moses basket - as do half of the other DIS ladies :lol: I have got fitted sheets from Matalan & Mothercare for it and plan to lay a muslin under baby to avoid changing the sheets with every lot of sick. I wasn't bothered about it matching our nursery as it's only going to be used in the living room and our bedroom.

I think it is worth having a moses basket as it means if baby falls asleep downstairs in the evening you can just carry them up when you go to bed, yeah they'll probably wake a short while after for a feed or bum change :lol: but it saves disturbing them when they're comfy!

You could always look on Ebay or Netmums for a 2nd hand one and just buy a new mattress, I've got OCD and stripped the whole of the basket and washed everything so you would be able to do the same to make sure it was all clean etc.

I also have that John Lewis basket - bought it two years ago for ds, and 10 weeks old dd is currently asleep in it. i still love it, and Cath's right it is bigger than some of the others out there. You don't get the stand included in that price though - but I think that's true of most.

Also like Cath, we've only used fitted sheets - I bought flat sheets and blankets when ds was tiny but never really used them, while it's been warm over the summer she's not been covered and now she's in sleeping bags.

Not sure when you're due hon as to what the weather will be like for blankets - if its cold you could always just go straight for a sleeping bag? We used fitted sheets for the mattress and flat sheet over the top or a fleece when it was cold (he was born in Nov) He was only in it 5 weeks though as he was a very long baby, so beware that your lo might not be in it 5 or 6 months. That is a LOT of money so spend on a moses basket - we were gifted ours but its the John Lewis one the same from what I can tell.

You can get decent bedding from places like asda and matalan for cheap but they wash very well; the price of the one you've looked at seems extortionate. Great if they are in it 6 months, but as there are no guarantees it isnt worth the money in my humble opinion.

Tbh I would say get a cheap one rather than spend this kind of money! We were luckily lent one as lo was only in it 5 weeks - she wasn't too big for it but fidgetted alot and she'd wake herself up batting the sides! lol.

If you do have the money to spend perhaps you should look at cribs which are slightly bigger and would last longer?

Ref moses baskets I also bought flat sheets, so that I could then use them ongoing for lo when she nods off in the living room etc - whereas fitted sheets are no use other than in the moses basket xx

I'm with PinkToothbrush, although I can only go by my own experience as first timer at 18 weeks.

We brought a M&P moses basket from Argos in the sale (think it was last years design) which had an offer to buy a rocking stand with it, for a total of ??50. Which I thought was a pretty good deal!

I've just been to Babies R Us and picked up a moses bedding set with 2 fitted sheets, 2 sheets and 2 blankets for ??20 (actually they only charged us ??15 at the till - I wasn't going to argue!).

So ??73 seems a fairly good deal.

At the end of the day, if you are going to put your LO in an moses basket for any length of time (and it doesn't sound like you can plan how long they will use it for) you're going to want something of a decent quality.